Midori Kato-Maeda

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among patients in Baja California, Mexico, and Hispanic patients in California.  We sought to compare prevalence and determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) between tuberculosis patients in Baja California, Mexico,
and Hispanic patients in California.  Using data from Mexico's National TB Drug Resistance Survey (2008-2009) and California Department of Public Health TB case registry (2004-2009), we assessed differences in MDR-TB prevalence comparing (1) Mexicans in Baja California, (2)
Mexico-born Hispanics in California, (3) US-born Hispanics in California, and (4) California Hispanics born elsewhere.

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